Bernadette A. Dronson was born in Camden, New Jersey. She was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1989 and New Jersey Bar in 1990. She graduated from Chestnut Hill College (B.S., 1984) and Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1989).

Bernadette is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Camden, Gloucester County, and Cumberland County Bar Associations. She was formerly a law clerk to the Honorable Isaac Serata, J.S.C.